Saturday, October 6th from 11 am to 4 pm, the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts invites visitors to journey back in time with the New Jersey Frontier Guard.
Stationed on the Museum's front lawn, members of the New Jersey Frontier Guard will recreate and demonstrate the crafts, skills, military activities, and daily life of New Jersey residents during the mid-eighteenth century. Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with the re-enactors and get a hands-on glimpse into the past.
The
New Jersey Frontier Guard is a non-profit educational
organization, with the mission of accurately portraying
life in the Royal Province of New Jersey during the period
of the French and Indian Wars (1754 - 1765). Through living history
presentations, Frontier Guard members interpret life as it
was in New
Jersey during these turbulent
times. The
organization is dedicated to improving the public's
knowledge and awareness of New Jersey's
frontier and to bringing new light on those fateful years
during which, built the foundations of the American
republic. To learn
more about the New Jersey Frontier Guard visit www.frontierguard.org.
Guests
are invited to visit the Museum free of charge and explore
the many different exhibits on display including the
popular, Orphan to
Apprentice: Child Indentures as Social Welfare.
